This year’s Ryde Slide, now sponsored by Wightlink, returns on Sunday 16th July and will be bigger and faster, than ever. The 200-metre inflatable water slide on Union Street will be in action from 11am until 6pm, providing a fantastic opportunity to have fun and raise money for local good causes
Girlguiding IW is one of the Island charities that have been chosen by the organisers of the IW Festival to receive a pair of IW Festival weekend camping tickets. Following the success of a similar raffle in 2016 Girlguiding IW members are now able to offer tickets for sale at
For the third annual Isle Of Wight Festival Dragon Boat Race held in support of Stand Up To Cancer 14 teams took part. So far the festival has raised over £90,000 for the charity. Special guests this year were James Walsh of Starsailor and Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch of Boyzone. The Wightlink team won
Organisers of this year’s IW Festival invite everyone to join them on Friday 5th May at The Cow Co. restaurant to launch a summer long exhibition of photos and memorabilia from the legendary Isle of Wight Festivals 68-70 & 2002 to the present day curated by Dimbola Museum and Galleries. This
Although not an Isle of Wight story this item is published here as it involves an all female crew and the theme of the mission is to support and empower girls- something in line with Girlguiding. ‘Maiden’, the iconic boat that sailed into the record books in 1990, has returned
In the Spring of 2016 three units of Girlguiding IW moved their meeting place to St. John’s Church Community Centre, Newport. After a few weeks the three units, 10th Newport Brownies, 11th Newport Guides and Newport & Carisbrooke Rangers (Senior Section) heard that the church members were undertaking a major
Find one of five pairs of The Isle of Wight Festival tickets hidden amongst the records as part of the special 10th Anniversary celebrations of Record Store Day at the Ventnor Exchange on Saturday 22nd April. The Isle of Wight Festival 2017 have partnered with the Isle of Wight’s
This year’s RORC Easter Challenge got off to an ideal start on the Solent on Friday. Three races were held in the day with the first of two windward-leeward courses sailed off Lee-on-the Solent starting in a 7 knot southwesterly. This breeze built during the day until it was gusting
Momentum is building in the lead-up to the inaugural Triple Crown at Cowes Week the new mini-series for Big Boats holding its first edition in 2017. Cowes Week Ltd. is delighted to announce the confirmed participation of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet and the super-maxi CQS, setting the scene
Photo-Georgia Newman. Quay Arts have just opened a major Spring / Summer solo exhibition by Turner Prize winner and Britain’s leading artist of the landscape, Richard Long. At the opening, that saw over 200 people in attendance, there were speeches by Quay Arts’Chair of Trustees Terence Hart, Participation Manager Jacqui Cusack and Visual Arts Manager Georgia Newman. This opening event closed with a fascinating discussion into Long’s working processes and influences with writer and curator Les Buckingham. Long is an artist who embarks on long distance walks to create his work. Therefore an exhibition of his work couldn’t be more perfectly placed on this ‘Garden Isle’ which has played host to some of the largest walking festivals in Europe. The Island has long been a source of inspiration to visitors, including Long, with his 1982 text‐work created in vinyl, titled ‘The Isle of Wight as Six Walks’ from which this exhibition takes it name. This large text‐work on display and covers six distances, alternately north to south and south to north, and precisely portrays the physical shape of the Island as it lies in the sea. Accompanying this work is one of Long’s signature pieces made in the gallery – a